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Best strains and terpenes for focus and flow state

The Cannigma

Type I cannabis products are the most popular on the legal market, but they shouldn’t be your first choice for focus and reaching a flow state. A 2020 human trial found that inhaled eucalyptol increases blood flow throughout the brain and stimulates the frontal cortex, an area of the brain responsible for focus.

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Marijuana and HIV: Much More Than Palliative Aid

Greencamp

But I haven’t seen any clinical trials looking at the direct effects of THC on the virus. The research showed that those who used marijuana had a lower amount of the virus in their blood compared to those who didn’t use marijuana. That’s a good thing if there is a lower amount of the virus.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

In short the study learns that legalized states tend not to have their roads overcrowded with stoned drivers and cannabis users like alcohol users self police their behaviour. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws. RM and MM Legal vs. 82.6%

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Marijuana-Based Parkinson’s Medication Moves Forward

CannaMD

In a 2005 paper , Dr. Bob Melamede noted that endocannabinoid dysregulation might be a causal factor in the disease’s development, detailing how the Parkinson’s disease-related glutamatergic problems of lab rodents could be “suppressed by exo- as well as endocannabinoids.” To learn more about GB Sciences, see: GBSciences.com.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

as a non-profit organization to fulfill the need to broaden psychedelic research, therapy, and develop legal options for psychedelic medicine. Now, we are closer than ever to legalizing MDMA-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though there is still a long road ahead. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Rick Doblin, Ph.D.,

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Mixing weed and alcohol: the good, the bad and the ugly

The Cannigma

A clinical trial published in 2015 found that the test subjects had “significantly higher blood THC” levels when they used cannabis along with alcohol, and combining the two led to increased performance impairment. Drunk driving, self-harm: the other risks of mixing marijuana and alcohol. arguing while drinking.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

Cannabis that is high in CBD but extremely low in THC was made legal at the end of 2018. Alas, Mr. Gardner wrote in 2005, that would require access to expensive testing equipment. fast-tracked clinical trials of GW Pharmaceuticals’ 98 percent CBD drug, Epidiolex. And because of public demand, the F.D.A.

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